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Guardian www.guardian.co.tt Friday, December 12, 2014
Workmen survey the damage to one of the two window panes at Scotiabank's branch at Independence
Square, Port-of-Spain, which broke and fell yesterday, injuring one pedestrian. What caused the breakage
is being investigated. The bank closed early as a result. PHOTO: DANIELLE SALLOUM
SCOTIA BREAKAGE
GAIL ALEXANDER
The name of former government
minister Christine Kangaloo has aris-
en in some of the party s San Fernando
East circles in the event the incumbent
MP Patrick Manning does not wish
to contest the seat, PNM officials said
yesterday.
Kangaloo, an attorney and minister in
the Manning administration, was among
speakers at the PNM's November 16 con-
vention when she launched a stinging ver-
bal attack on the Prime Minister.
She could not be reached for comment
yesterday. After a letter from PNM leader
Dr Keith Rowley to Manning was leaked
to a newspaper a few days ago, the San
Fernando East executive met on Wednes-
day, then sent a renewed appeal to PNM
general secretary Ashton Ford to change
the deadline for nominations from Decem-
ber 22 to January 3. The unit said Man-
ning's medical evaluation, to assess
whether he can contest, would be done
on December 23.
The executive asked Ford to "use your
good office of trust and influence to sup-
port and facilitate, not to deny and frus-
trate... we provide you with the assurance
that any extension to the deadline for
nominations to a date after the holiday
period will not have any adverse impact
on the preparation of the constituency.
The executive sent the letter, dated Decem-
ber 10, to Ford by e-mail and hand-deliv-
ered it to Balisier House on Wednesday.
Yesterday Ford was non-committal, say-
ing he had not seen the letter.
Kangaloo in Sando
East running
The unit's letter said it was grateful for
the reference in Rowley's letter to "private
discussions" with Manning, since it served
to confirm it has not been out of order or
outside the PNM's constitution for the
leader to discuss matters with individual
MPs. On the leadership's first nomination
extension, from December 15 to December
22, the executive said:
"The extension granted is rendered
meaningless for it completely ignores the
reasons offered by the executive for the
request in the first place.
"It's a nominal extension for it doesn't
allow us the opportunity to satisfy the
purpose of the request. It certainly creates
the impression that our request may not
have been taken seriously.
"It was as a consequence of our request
and insistence to our MP that he reconsider
his previous position with respect to his
availability to accept a nomination, that he
agreed (to reconsider) subject to a medical
evaluation.
This medical evaluation is now scheduled
to take place during December 23 to
December 31.
"There are several medical doctors
involved in this exercise, at least one of
whom will arrive from the United States. It's
simply not humanly possible for the
evaluation to be completed by December
22." Praising Manning's service, the unit
wrote: "Notwithstanding uncouth, malicious,
or disrespectful voices from outside the
constituency, we continue to hold Mr
Manning in high regard... as he has stood by
us, we have stood by him and propose to
continue to do so.
"Accordingly, we consider permitting the
time to allow for his medical assessment to
be conducted to be eminently reasonable,
respectful, courteous and to the advantage
of our constituency. It is absolutely the
constituency's wish to benefit from the
report of Mr Manning's medical team before
we proceed."
The letter added: "In all the circumstances
and particularly that of our justification, we
consider it bizarre (for) the extension (to) be
limited to December 22.
"There are five working days between
December 23 and December 31, two of
which are Christmas Eve and Old Year's Day.
Balisier House is scheduled to be closed
over several of those days... as such we're
unable to understand the rationale or merit
in denial of the extension over this period."
The executive said the nomination
process had to involve party groups, which
would hardly be available over the
Christmas period.
GROUP PLEADS MANNING'S CASE
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Spain, with your copy of the T&T
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containing the winning trolley at
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Tune into Crime Watch on
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If the trolley in the back of your
today's paper matches the number
drawn tonight, you win today's
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ers.
KEVON FELMINE
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.tt
The search is on for 59-year-
old US Army veteran Kevin Pet-
way, who went missing on
Wednesday night after setting out
for a Princes Town supermarket.
Petway, a US citizen who fought
in the Vietnam war, and his wife,
Radica, both of Queens, New York,
were vacationing at their home at
Dooglin Street, Mount Stewart Village.
Speaking by telephone, Radica said
he left home to walk to Jai Super-
market between 9 pm and 9.30 pm
to buy a few items.
She said the supermarket was a
five-minute walk but when an hour
passed and he had not returned, she
became worried. Petway does not
have a cellphone so relatives and
police searched for him but without
success.
It is unclear whether Petway actu-
ally made it to the supermarket, as
his wife said the supermarket owner
told her the business was closed at
8.30 pm. She said they would usually
close later but after being robbed last
week the opening hours changed.
She said she did not know if he
went to another grocery and was
hoping he is safe and will return to
her soon.
"I just want whoever it is to just
send him home. I am trying to think
positive, not negative. I don't want
to think it's a kidnapping because
once you thinking like that, it is neg-
ative thinking." Radica said. Petway
was last seen wearing a blue, black
and grey flowered short-sleeved shirt,
blue denim pants and black sneak-
ers.He was also wearing his wedding
band and a silver bracelet and has
four tattoos of Vietnamese symbols
on his arms.
The Jolly Trolley promo now worth $11,000
US war veteran goes missing in Princes Town
Anyone with information can
contact:
Radica Petway: 737-9815.
Denise Merrique: 496-8090.
Ste Madeleine Police: 653-
1023, 652-3348.
Crime Stoppers: 800-8477.
Anti-Kidnapping Hotline: 623-
6793.
HOW TO HELP
Christine Kangaloo